Dawnie joined the #diabeteschat and spoke with Tom & Kes about her diabetes journey and raised awareness about Menopause. In Part 1, Dawnie spoke with Tom and shared her Diabetes diagnosis, symptoms and diabetes journey and then shared with the #diabeteschat community - What is Menopause and what are the three stages of Menopause. [...]
Sam Brand is a British professional cyclist from the Isle of Man who was diagnosed with type 1 at 10 yrs old. Growing up Sam played many sports & competed in thriathlon, qualifying to race in the ITU World Championships. Sam was spotted by Team Novo Nordisk, a team whose athletes all live with [...]
DAFNE stands for ‘Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating’. It evolved from the education programme and insulin regimen developed in Germany by Michael Berger in the 1980’s and teams from Northumbria, Sheffield and Kings visited Germany together in the late 1990’s before bringing the programme back to the UK and adapting it for the [...]
Jack is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for League One club Bolton Wanderers, after joining them in the summer of 2022. Jack was born in Scotland, before moving to New Zealand and then over to Australia. Jack has played for 2 local teams in Australia; before moving back to his hometown [...]
Lis Warren has lived with type 1 diabetes since 1965. Having spoken to only a few others with diabetes in her first 4 decades with type 1, she’s now an active volunteer, patient advocate and a representative ‘expert by experience’ in NHS and diabetes research committees and with the diabetes charities. Lis believes that [...]
Salih Hendricks is 56 years old from Cape Town South Africa and has been a diabetes advocate for over 30 incredible years; diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 40 years ago. Salih had his leg Amputation 2 years ago - 19 October 2020. Salih is a motivational speaker not only for his community; but for [...]
Jamie Lowe is an all-rounder Broadcaster, Podcaster, Vlogger, Presenter, Producer, Journalist and currently works at the BBC. His Podcast is called 'Jamie And The Broken Pancreas'. Jamie has Type 1 Diabetes and was diagnosed in 2015 aged 21 after graduating from university. Jamie is a super advocate for diabetes and raises lots of awareness [...]
In this episode Tom, Chris, Flipper and the Diabetes Chat community asked questions toto JDRF UK' Community Engagement Team. We were joined by Dan Farrow, Chris Bright, Edelle Irwin, Mary Murphy and Lesley Jordan. The Community Engagement team joined the #diabeteschat Twitter Space as guest speakers and we talked about: - What is JDRF [...]
In this very special podcast we chat to 10 amazing parents and carers about how they support their loved ones with diabetes and themselves. In Part 2 we talk about: - Mental Health - What real life support and peer support have you around you? - What would you say to new carers/parents - [...]
Diabetes Advocate, Patient Entrepreneur & Healthcare Consultant; Bastian Hauck joined the diabeteschat to talk about the upcoming #dedoc symposium at EASD on Tuesday 20th September 2022. Bastian spoke to Tom and the #diabeteschat community about how he founded #dedoc and shared a little bit about the amazing speakers who will be speaking at the [...]
